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Mayor Cooper at Inglewood ElementaryPhoto: Nashville.gov
In his April 29 State of Metro address, Mayor John Cooper proposed an increase to teacher salaries to such an extent that Metro Nashville Public Schoolsâ teachers will become the highest-paid teachers in the state.Â
Cooperâs $81 million investment plan is long-awaited and sorely needed â as the results of a study commissioned by the mayorâs office and the Nashville Public Education Foundation showed â just to bring MNPSâ teacher compensation to a livable scale.Â
When he stepped into the mayorâs office, Cooper inherited a fiscal mess that reached back to the administration of Karl Dean â who added $1 billion to the cityâs debt load while claiming to be leaving the city âfiscally strong and in good shape for the next administration.â Thus Cooper postponed his campaign commitments to reward teachers for the
Nashville businessman and philanthropist Ben R. Rechter, whose behind-the-scenes efforts involving civil rights, education, nonprofits, public media and the arts were integral in making the Middle Tennessee region a national model the past 50 years, died May 7. He was 83.
Rechter was president of Rogers Group Investments Inc. and was a founder and the second-ever board chair at the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, where he remained an active member of its Board of Trustees.
CFMT honored him and other founders with the Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award in 2001. In 2016, he shared the initial Bridge to Equality Award along with his close friend, the late Francis Guess, for their tireless efforts to create equal opportunity in Nashville.
Ben R. Rechter, a Nashville businessman and philanthropist whose background included work in civil rights, education, nonprofits and the arts, died on May 7. He was 83.
Rechter was the former president and CEO of Rogers Group Investments Inc., a co-founder of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and board member of multiple entities, including as chair of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.
CFMT honored Rechter and other founders of the entity with the Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award in 2001. In 2016, he shared the initial Bridge to Equality Award along with his close friend, the late Francis Guess, for their efforts to create equal opportunity in Nashville.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Mike Osborne) Fewer Metro Nashville High School graduates will attend college this fall and the pandemic is the likely cause.
A new report from the Nashville Public Education Foundation says about 53 percent of all grads will not begin college this year.
That represents a roughly 8 percent drop from 2020 and the worst college-going rate in more than a decade.
The foundation estimates that the pandemic is to blame for about 800 Metro students failing to start college over the last two school years.
You can review the full report here.
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We've known for months that the pandemic has taken it's toll on students. Now, a new study by the Nashville Public Education Foundation shows, it's impacting college enrollment too.